| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.90 |
| Liaison | Kara Holmstrom |
| Submission Date | July 29, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Luther College
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Roy
Prigge Director of Human Resources Human Resources |
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Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste and seek to minimize the presence of these materials on campus?:
Yes
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A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Micro experiments techniques are used in lab whenever possible. This means that the smallest amount of each chemical possible is used when performing a lab. Luther also has kept a log of the hazardous waste generated by the college for past five years.
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A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Luther College contracts with Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., to safely dispose of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated waste. Safety-Kleen regularly completes a part-washer of all machines on campus, using a water-based cleaner to safely break down chemicals accumulated on the machines. There is also an annual hazardous material lab pack, during which Safety-Kleen collects all Luther's hazardous chemicals from various faculty, staff, and labs and properly disposes of it. Luther also keeps all Material Safety Data Sheets, which are obtained when purchasing products containing hazardous chemicals. These data sheets provide a record of every chemical used on campus, describe each chemical, its properties, all the effects it can have on the body, and how to properly dispose of it.
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The website URL where information about hazardous materials management is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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